“It’s time that we put this behind us and learn from these mistakes,” Coogan added.
Correia, now 29, was the youngest person to be elected mayor of Fall River in 2015 when he defeated incumbent and former Bristol District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter, who previously defeated then-mayor Will Flanagan in the state’s first recall election.
He was convicted on charges of soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from marijuana vendors in the city, defrauding investors in a purported app business called SnoOwl and filing false tax returns.
Flanagan expected a guilty verdict
Flanagan, a former assistant district attorney who is now a defense attorney, was expecting that Correia would be convicted on most charges.
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Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
April 18, 2021
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1of3FILE In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Boston, following his appearance on bribery, extortion and fraud charges. Correia heads to trial in federal court in April 2021 on charges that he stole more than $230,000 from investors in a smartphone app he created to pay for things like a Mercedes, casino trips and adult entertainment. As mayor, he s accused of convincing his chief of staff to give him half of her salary in order to keep her city job and extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses seeking to operate there.Philip Marcelo/APShow MoreShow Less